Viruses, Genes, and Cancer

Eric Hunter, PhD, is a Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar, based in Atlanta, GA, USAKlaus Bister, PhD, is a Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry of University of Innsbruck, Austria, and a Professor Adjunct of The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA

• Exchange of Genetic Sequences Between Viruses and Host.- Virus-Host Gene Interactions that Define HIV Disease Progression.- Sequencing the Biology of Entry: The Retroviral env Gene.- Infectious Agents in Bovine Red Meat and Milk and Their Potential Role in Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases.- MYC and RAF: Key Effectors in Cellular Signaling and Major Drivers in Human Cancer.- Oncogenic Roles of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR Axis.- MicroRNAs and Cancer.- The Evolution of Tumor Formation in Humans and Mice with Inherited Mutations in the P53 Gene.